Onyomi: ツ, ト · Kunyomi: みやこ · Meanings: all, capital, everything, metropolis
Kanji for all, capital, everything, metropolis
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都 is formed from the radical 阝, meaning “city” or “place,” on the left, and 者 on the right. The city radical relates to a place or settlement, while 者 carries the sense of people or those involved. Together, they express the idea of a place where people gather and live. From this idea, 都 came to mean capital city, metropolis, or urban area.
都 shows a place where people gather, meaning capital city or metropolis.
都 is used when referring to a city, especially a capital or large urban area. It represents a central place where people live and gather. Remember 都 as meaning “capital city” or “metropolis.”
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 都 | みやこ | capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital), seat of government | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 都 | と | Metropolis (of Tokyo), (Tokyo) Metropolitan District, metropolitan prefecture | JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 都市 | とし | town, city, municipal, urban | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 都合 | つごう | circumstances, condition, convenience | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 都会 | とかい | city | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 都心 | としん | city centre (esp. of Tokyo), heart of a city, downtown area | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 嘗て | かつて | once, before, formerly, ever, former, ex- | common JLPT-N1 Adverb (fukushi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 都市計画 | としけいかく | city planning, urban planning, town planning | common Noun |
| 都民 | とみん | resident of Tokyo, citizen of Tokyo, Tokyoite | common Noun |
| 都庁 | とちょう | Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Office) | common Noun |